A couple days ago, I posted an example of what instructions for an APBA mail series for baseball might look like. I have to admit, they pale in comparison to what John Briggs put together for his team in the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. Not only are they complete…
Congratulations to the new APBA Hall of Famers, the father-son duo of Greg and Brian Wells! They were inducted at this weekend’s national APBA Convention in Atlanta. Kevin Cluff made the official announcement on the APBA Between the Lines forum: A hearty congratulations to Brian and Greg Wells who were…
A couple “streaky” updates from my friend John Brandeberry who is replaying the 1930 season: Johnny Frederick of the Brooklyn Dodgers got a hit in his final at bat to extend his hitting streak to 48 games. In the American League Al Simmons has a 42 game hitting streak. In…
l have been asked in the past about how APBA leagues work in general and in specific, how exactly do managers send instructions to each other when they don’t play face-to-face. Since I wasn’t able to get together face-to-face with fellow manager Todd Ventresca (left) this month, I wrote up…
Apologies for not having a scan of a “real” card. I’m on vacation now. Rest assured, this computer-generated one is accurate as far as I know. Dioner Navarro made some news recently when he inexplicably hit three homeruns on May 31for the Cubs. I remember thinking “where did THAT come…
As some of you know, I’m traveling East this week. We went through Pittsburgh a few days ago and that’s one town that loves their sports. So I thought a juicy Dave Parker would be an appropriate Monster Card for this week. This card comes from Parker’s MVP season of…
A few months ago, I started seeing links to Shawn Baier’s blog, “The Boys of Summer”, pop up every few days on Facebook. Now, I make a point of visiting there often. Shawn has been a lifetime baseball fan and as well as a lifetime APBA fan, too. Among other…
Rod Caborn from the league, the Orlando APBA Association says: In addition to OAPBA’s usual lineup of current standings and series results, we’ve recently added a couple of new twists to the league Web site. Readers can now see the complete listing of all league no-hitters in the league’s history…
Those of you who follow The APBA Blog’s Facebook page have probably noticed that occasionally I’ll share a post from a fan page called Big Hair & Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball In The 1970s. It’s one the few fan pages on Facebook that I truly enjoy. As…
I’ll give Jayson Nix’s 2011 card credit where credit is due. Once you get into his second column, it’s pretty sweet. But other than that, it’s slim pickins for good stuff for the Toronto infielder. Rollers for this card will have to put up with a 25-22 and a 13-39. …